wishcast

English

Etymology

Back-formation from wishcasting, equivalent to a blend of wish +‎ forecast.

Verb

wishcast (third-person singular simple present wishcasts, present participle wishcasting, simple past and past participle wishcast or wishcasted)

1. To interpret information or a situation in a way that casts it as favorable or desired, despite the fact that there is no evidence for such a conclusion.
   • 2022 December 30, Josh Gerstein, “How Justice Kagan lost her battle as a consensus builder”, in Politico:

     Since then, as [Chief Justice John] Roberts predicted and seemed to wishcast, there have been some signs of a thaw at One First Street NE [the address of the United States Supreme Court Building].